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    RACE AND GENDER’S EFFECT ON POLICE OFFICER STRESS AND BURNOUT: A CASE STUDY OF THE BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT
    (2021) Duka, Leila; Xie, Min; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
    Law enforcement is an inherently stressful profession because officers deal with unique strains. Experiencing extensive and consistent amounts of stress ultimately leads to burnout, ineffective, and inefficient officers. Guided by several theoretical frameworks, the current study will examine the gender and racial differences in police officers’ stress and burnout in the Baltimore Police Department (N = 878). Specifically, I use several OLS regressions to understand the scaled responses of the officers’ psychological stress, physical stress, and burnout levels. I found female officers are more likely and black officers are less likely to experience both manifestations of stress. Further, I found no sign of increased burnout levels for either group. When analyzing a potential moderation between these demographics, I also found no difference between minority groups. While only a case study, the conclusions drawn can help identify which officers are most vulnerable to high stress and burnout levels.